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GENERAL INDEX. 



Proverbs and Phrases : — 



Strain at a gnat, xi. 298. 351. 



Sublime to the ridiculous there is but a step, v. 



100. 187. 

 Tace is Latin for a candle, i. 385; ii 45; iv. 456. 

 Tempera mutantur, i. 215. 234. 419. 

 Tertium quid, xii. 243. 

 The public never blushes, x. 185. 

 There is no jBshing to the sea, nor service to the 



king, xii. 185. 

 There is no mistake, iv. 471 ; v. 35. 

 Thoi-ns of Daupliine, iv. 502. 

 Tick : Go on tick, ii. 44. 

 Tickhill, God help me ! i. 247. 325. 422; ii. 452; 



iii. 340; x. 223. 

 Time and I 'gainst any two, vii. 182. 247. 558. 



585. 

 Tit for tat, x. 524. 

 To a T : To fit to a T, iii. 424. 

 To be in the wrong box, vi. 174. 

 To haul and saul, xi. 501. 

 To learn by heart, iii. 425. 483; iv. 75. 

 To lie at the catch, vi. 56; vii. 132; x. 135. 

 To talk like a Dutch uncle, vii. 65. 

 To te-hee, xi. 148. 334. 

 Tub to a whale, viii. 220. 304. 328. 

 Turk : A regular Turk, ix. 45 1 . 

 Turning the tables, iii. 276; xi 94. 

 Ubi tres Medici, duo Athei, i. 277. 

 Under the rose, i. 214.458; ii. 221. 323; iii. 213. 



300. 480. 

 Up, Guard.s, and at them! v. 396. 425; vi. 11. 



400; viii. 111. 184. 204. 275; x. 90. 

 Vaut niieux avoir affaire, &c. viii. 220. 

 Verbatim et literatim, ix. 348. 504. 

 Very like a whale, vii. 86. 

 Vox et pra3terea nihil, i. 247. 387. 421. 

 Vox p.puli, vox Dei, i. 321. 370. 419. 492; iii. 



288. 38 1 ; vi. 185 ; viii. 494 : xii. 96. 

 Weather proverbs, i. 413; vii. 203; viii. 218; xi. 



238. 334; xii. 9. 260.490. 

 Wedding proverb, viii. 150. 

 Well's a fret, viii. 197. 258. 330. 

 When our Lurd falls in our Lady's lap, vii. 157. 

 Whistling for the wind, x. 306. 

 Whistling wife and crowing hen, ii. 226. 

 Widdei-ombe folks are picking their geese, ii. 512; 



X. 173. 

 Wild oats, V. 227. 306. 

 Winter thunder and summer flood, viii. 81. 

 Worm; Tread on a worm and it will turn, viii. 



464. 624. 

 Worse face under a cork upon a bottle, ix. 599 ; x. 



113. 

 Worse than a crime, iv. 274. 455; v. 211. 

 You change Norman for a worse horse, vii. 156. 



Proverbs unregistered, ix. 392.527; x. 210. 355; xi. 

 114. 214. 232.416. 472. 



Proverbs from Fuller, vi. 169. 303; from Suetonius 

 viii. 86; illustrative of national character, v. 384 

 Irish, xii. 508; Northern Counties, vii. 233. 633 

 Old English, xi. 299; xii. 1.34; Pictorial, v. 559 



viii. 20; Scotch, xi. 486; Works on National, v. 397- 

 X. 389; xi. 18. ' 



" Proverbes Gascons," translations, xi. 27. 



Proverbial expressions, their changes, viii. 464. 624. 



Proverbial philosophy, iv. 81; v. 61. 



Proverbial sayings, their origin, i. 332. 347. 



Providence, lines on, xii. 9. 



Provincialisms, i. 467; v. 173. 196. 250. 285. 333. 

 375. 452. 499; vi. 411; vii. 483; x. 120. 178. 256. 

 300. 318. 358. 400. 414. 418. 440. 479. See Pol- 

 perro. 



Proxies for absent sponsors, ix. 324 ; x. 1 54. 



Proximo, instant, and ultimo, xi. 10. 



Prussic acid from blood, xi. 12. 67. 148. 305. 



Pruteni, ancient name of the Prussians, i. 215. 284. 



Prynne (Wm.), " Breviate," annotated by Abp. Laud, 

 V. 314; imprisonment, xii. 6. 52. 67. 381. 456- 

 noticed in Hudibras, ii. 118; receipt for' his removal 

 from Caernarvon to Jersey, xii. 381. 456. 



Psalm, the great alphabetic, ix. 121. 376. 473. 



Psalm Ixviii, 4, misprinted, x. 104. 133. 



Ps;ilm cxxvii. 2, translation of, viii. 387. 519. 641 • ix 

 107; X. 70. ^ ' ' 



Psalm-singing and the Nonconformists, xi. 65. 132. 



Psalm-singing at St. Paul's cross, vi. 175. 



Psalms, metrical versifiers of, xi. 368; Bacon's (Lord) 

 metrical version, i. 202. 235. 263; Prayer Book ver- 

 sions, i. 203. 234; X. 365; Scottish version at Cam- 

 bridge, xii. 87. 



Psalms for the chief musician, ix. 242. 457. 



Psalmanazar, his history, vii. 506. 232. 435. 479. 551. 



Psychology, when fiist used, ix. 271. 



Ptolemy of Alexandria, Works translated, i. 142. 170. 



Ptolemy's Cosinography, ii. 324; presents to the Seventy- 

 two, iii. 449. 



Public-house, a reason for keeping one, iv. 114. 



" Public Ledger," newspaper, i. 75; xi. 322. 



Publicans in Jewish history, x. 223. 



Publican's invitation, ix. 448; signs, iii. 424. See 

 Tavern signs. 



Publications, their early disappearance, xi. 144. 291. 



Publisher wanted, xi. 364. 



Publishers, hints to, ii. 439. 492; vi. 124; ix. 146. 



Publishing clubs, comparatively unknown, vi. 580. 



Pudding bell, ix. 312. 567. 



Pudding-time, explained, xii. 268. 



Pue, etymology, viii. 127; in churches, iii. 56; vii. 162; 

 women's, xii. 443. 520. 



Puffing, its origin, xii. 42. 



Pugging-tooth, vii. 257, 



Pulci's alliteration, x. 304. 



Pullen (Philip), his Hymns, vi. 265. 



Pullen (Rev. Josiali), viii. 489. 



Pullyson (Thos.), lord mayor of London, his letter on 

 deer stealing, i. 5. 



Pulmo Maiinus. xi. 224. 293. 



Pulpit eccentricity, specimens of, xii. 498. 



Pulpit hour-glasses. See Hour-glass. 



Puljdt inscriptions. See Inscriptions. 



Pulpits, moveable, v. 345. 475; of stone, viii. 562: ix. 

 79. ' 



Pulteney (Sir John de), viii. 263. 



Pulteney (Wm.), ballad, " The Honest Juiy," ii. 147. 



